#2E979D#2E979D

#2E979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.093 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E979D
RGB	rgb(46, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -27.00, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 29.46, 203.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.0868 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.093 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2764, 25.1463, 35.7822)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E979D #9D342E

analogous

#2E9D6B #2E979D #2E609D

triadic

#2E979D #9D2E97 #979D2E

tetradic

#2E979D #6B2E9D #9D342E #609D2E

square

#2E979D #6B2E9D #9D342E #609D2E

split-complementary

#2E979D #9D2E60 #9D6B2E

monochromatic

#123C3E #20696E #2E979D #41C0C7 #70D0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#2E979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#2E979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E979D

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E979D	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.093 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b6b9',
    500: '#2e979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e979d;
$custom-light: #78b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62093,
    "c": 0.09274,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E979D

secondary

#BD6F6A

accent

#524ADE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E979D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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